Stewardship + Engagement = Commitment

Kelly Vives, Allspring’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, discusses Allspring’s robust stewardship platform and engagement efforts with Jamie Newton, head of Global Fixed Income Research for Allspring. ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and climate transition are also topics of conversation.

The Great Western Drought: What Could It Mean for Markets?

As we write this article in mid-August, authorities across the Rocky Mountains are issuing flood warnings. Monsoon rains have drenched deserts and mountains in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, with eight million Americans significantly affected. These extraordinary conditions belie an even more severe and longer-term challenge: the intense drought crisis throughout the western U.S.

Temperature Rising: Focus on Climate Change, Earth Systems, and Agriculture

You think that because you understand “one” that you must therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand “and.”

— Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems, 1990

Income Generation and the Russia-Ukraine War Through a Sustainability Lens

Himani Phadke, senior sustainable investing strategist; Kandarp Acharya, senior portfolio manager; and Sophie Careford, senior solutions analyst, discuss how Allspring is tackling the challenge of delivering dividend income while aiming to reduce climate risk and the risks of the Russia-Ukraine war.